Ok I hear lots of people saying percentage based pay(mostly seen in flatbed work, for co drivers) is the way to go, however I have a big question thats bothering me.
Deadhead? Who pays?
I am not a new driver, and dont fall under % pay, but I have a friend starting out, and I dont get it. He had a load to Mass. this past week, since the company couldnt get him a load that day, he sat, then 2 days later, had to deadhead almost an entire day to Delaware to get another load. So do I get this right, he didnt get paid for almost 2 entire days? Percentage of load, would say he had no load, and no pay, unless he got a few bucks layover.
Fill in the blanks those of you who get percentage of load for a co driver, is there a provision where if you have to deadhead? Because I cant see how thats better.